OLD BLUE has a NEW DO!
Okay, to bring you up to speed on Old Blue, my very first real estate car, here is the background scoop and poop.
And before we start, any cracks about how OLD BLUE may now qualify for Historic Tags are very well received. It means I have been around a while and this Realtor keeps plugging along like Old Blue. Except I work all week hence Historic Tags are not going to be able to grace my Gal.
So to back track and explain, the Jeep door hinge broke. I got it welded. It got out of alignment. This meant the electrical stuff got out of whack. Then the AC croaked the day of the 99 degree temps. Then the windows would not go down. Yep, I had to drive home and straight to the shop as in the Golden Girl was FRENCH FRIED and FRENCH TOASTED.
So it is times like this that OLD BLUE looks pretty. Looks beautiful actually. She runs like a charm. I actually for a time regretted putting the repair work in to her a few years back. No more. Nuh uh. Not me.
Anyway, OLD BLUE has been so great and so reliable that I decided to give her a new DO. Clean her up and treat her like a Queen since she still runs like one. But she was a mess. Like my Hairdresser says, one BIG HOT MESS. The sap from the trees had done a number on her. She had been painted a few times over the years but all shine was long gone. I took her to a shop this Spring and was told she was HOPELESS. Just take her to a cheap paint shop and call it a day. But I had previously done several good paint jobs over the decades and put the brakes on this idea.
I hired someone to clean it. It was one of those tortuous HOT scolding days and the lady had to quit. As in quit while the wax was still on and baking in even more. I had a disaster and OLD BLUE had a job to do which was get me around town while my Jeep was down getting the AC and the door and the electrical items repaired.
Somehow, the idea of pulling up in OLD BLUE with wax caked on everywhere was not a cool idea for all my listing appointments. Most of the people knew me way back when but streaks of wax is like showing up with dye still on your hair.
I tried one car wash. Nada. Hardly made a dent on removing the streaks of wax.
I tried a second car wash. Nope, wax still everywhere.
Hairdressers are like us. They know everybody and have lots of contacts.
So I was in my Hairdresser's chair at what felt like Sunrise and stacked with listing appointments all day. OLD BLUE was a FRIGHT. Wax everywhere and appointments stacked.
I was talking out loud about I how I could not figure out how to get the wax off before my appointments started that DAY.
I forgot to mention. She has a teenage Football Player son who was off for his first day of Summer and a Husband who had not yet left for work.
Next thing I knew they were both out there with a WHEEL Buffing my wax off OLD BLUE so I would not have to hang my head during all my appointments. Next thing THEY knew, I was so pleased I took it back later for a COMPLETE detail job. Next thing they knew again, I was so stunned at how good OLD BLUE shined ( you know, the car that was supposedly hopeless) that I am taking my now air conditioned Jeep back there to also get a complete detail job later this week.
OLD BLUE has a NEW DO! So does her Driver, Yours Truly, and in a few days, the Jeep will, too. Photo of both to follow later. Wear SUNGLASSES cause the shine will blind you. Hopeless...my Air Conditioned Behind! Oh and Riley Rover wants in on all the action so the Garden Hose is now ready for some SMOKING Summer Time Southern Maryland Spray Downs. Everybody around here has NEW DO's so he will, too!
P.S. With my Hair Stylist, everything from the Jeep to the Car to the Dog and oh yes, me, too, end up with NEW Do's! Thanks, Margaret!
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